The Executive Mayor of George, Alderman Leon van Wyk, accompanied by the Portfolio Councillor for Electrotechnical Services and Fleet Management, Nosicelo Mbethe, did a sod turning on approximately 1 hectare of open land in the George Industrial Area to mark the beginning of the construction of a 1 MWp solar farm. "This plant is the forerunner of our fleet of 10MW plants that we willbeerectinginGeorgeover the next couple of years to provide electricity not only to supportourinfrastructurethat is owned by the Municipality but also to provide electricity into George’s grid so that we are ultimately able to get off
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stage 1 and stage 2 of loadshedding that we are suffering under, and we wish to completethis projectto get off stage 2 by the end of 2024," said Mayor van Wyk The renewable energy power that will be generated through this plant will be connected to the grid to reduce municipal bulk purchases This sod turning, therefore, signals the beginning of our initiative to take George off Stages 1 and 2 of load-shedding by the end of 2024 The1MWpPVplantwill consist of approximately 1728 PV panels and 10 x 110 kW invertersatatotalcostofR24 843 090.36. The plant is expected to generate on the orderof1780MWhperyear.
Knysna Municipality Council, at its special meeting of April 25, 2023, appointed Mr Randolph Daames as acting director of planning and economic development. His appointment follows the conclusionofthecontractwith Ms.Marlene Boyceas outlined intheregulations TheCouncil thanks Ms. Boyce for her
availability and leadership during the past six months The acting Director of Planning and Economic Development is responsible forthe departments related to town and economic development, including town planning, building control, environmental management, andeconomicdevelopment.
Knysna High School First Team Rugby players competed in the Patriot Sport Festival hosted at De Kuilen High School in Kuils River Thisisoneofthelargestu/19 rugby school festivals Knysna High School competed against De Kuilen High School, Piketberg, and Klein Nederburg. KHS beat De Kuilen but fell short against Piketberg and Klein Nederburg. Jessie Lottering was named forward Patriot of the Day on Day 2. Not only
was Jessie named forward PatriotoftheDayonDay2,he was also chosen by the festival's scouting rugby coaches to be part of the squad that will be touring Spain in September 2023
‘Congratulations Jessie!! Your Tuskiesfamilyisveryproudof you!" "Thank you, Mr Williams, Mr. Johnson, and UnclePikkie,fortakingcareof our players and for transporting them safely from Knysna to Kuils River and back."
